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John RUTLEDGE, Jr., Congress, SC (1766-1819)
RUTLEDGE John, Jr. , a Representative from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., in 1766; received private instruction and also attended school in Charleston and Philadelphia; studied law with…Dent, Edward Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Dent, Edward Joseph, 1876–1957, English musicologist. He studied and taught at Cambridge. Dent wrote biographies of Alessandro Scarlatti (1905), Busoni (1933), and Handel (1934), and…Finding North
Director:Tanya WexlerWriter:Kim PowersCowboy Booking; 95 minutes; unratedRelease:6/99Cast:Wendy Makkena, John Benjamin Hickey Travis Furlong is naked and ready to jump. Brooklynite bank-…Balliol
(Encyclopedia) Balliol, Scottish family: see Baliol, Edward de; Baliol, John de.Semliki
(Encyclopedia) SemlikiSemlikisĕmˈlĭkē [key], river, c.130 mi (209 km) long, E Congo (Kinshasa), E central Africa, flowing N from Lake Edward to Lake Albert. It forms part of the Congo-Uganda border.Kent, Edward Augustus, duke of
(Encyclopedia) Kent, Edward Augustus, duke of, 1767–1820, fourth son of George III of Great Britain and father of Queen Victoria. Most of his mature life was spent in military service at Gibraltar,…Boys Town
(Encyclopedia) Boys Town, village, Douglas co., E Nebr.; inc. 1936. The noted community was founded in 1917 by Father Edward J. Flanagan (1886–1948) for homeless or abandoned boys. The village is…Summerside
(Encyclopedia) Summerside, town (1991 pop. 7,474), SW Prince Edward Island, Canada, on Bedeque Bay, an arm of Northumberland Strait. The Island's second largest city, it is a tourist center and port…Simnel, Lambert
(Encyclopedia) Simnel, LambertSimnel, Lambertsĭmˈnəl [key], c.1475–1525, imposter and pretender to the English throne. Little is known of his early life, but before 1486 he caught the attention of an…Sandwich, Edward Montagu, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia) Sandwich, Edward Montagu, 1st earl ofSandwich, Edward Montagu, 1st earl ofmŏnˈtəgy&oomacr; [key], 1625–72, English admiral. He fought in the parliamentary army during the civil war…Trending
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